The head of the #longshoremen #union is a #Trump supporter who wants to cripple the country to get Trump elected.
This is #ILA head #HaroldDaggett, strong trump supporter, who already said he would cripple the economy: “I will cripple you.”
The first October surprise from Trump. The port workers strike will try to paint President Biden as anti-union. Trump & Daggett are friends, the same age & were both from Queens, New York.
Trump supporter & ILA head Harold Daggett: “I will cripple you.”
To be abundantly clear, they were offered a 50% raise BEFORE they went on #strike.
From the WSJ:
The Profane 78-Year-Old Leading the #Dockworkers Strike
‘They won’t be able to do anything in this country without my people,’ port #union chief #HaroldDaggett says in setting *audacious targets* in a coastwide #strike
Harold Daggett stood in front of the closed gates at the Port of New York & New Jersey just after midnight Tues & delivered a battle cry to hundreds of members of his #union that represents #portworkers from Maine to Texas.
“We’re going to show these greedy bastards you can’t survive without us!” Daggett shouted to cheers from the crowd in a speech filled w/profanities & warnings about the threats automation poses to workers.
[listen, if he actually were doing this for the #workers, fine. But he’s not. He just wants the country to blame #Biden & #Harris for a downturn in the economy so #Trump gets elected]
#Longshoremen #union #scam #economy #strongarm #MafiaState #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.wsj.com/articles/harold-daggett-ila-port-strike-leader-3fad74f7
Images of the President of the #ILA’s meeting w/ #Trump circulated on socialmedia as the #union went on strike Tues.
The images are pulled from a July post on the union's website where union President #HaroldDaggett asked for members to "pray" for Trump in the wake of the assassination attempt in PA.
In the post Daggett recalled a 2023 meeting w/ Trump where the fmr president appeared to express support for the #Longshoremen.
#MafiaState #economy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/01/harold-daggett-trump-photo-longshoremens-union/75474233007/
I hope not. I taught 4th grade at a public school in East LA for a decade & I was my school’s union rep. Unions do a lot of great things – though they are not perfect. And, as in every walk of life, there are bad apples & greedy corrupt people. It seems to be a prerequisite for people who support Trump.